I have used AI since the first models were released. I describe how and what I use AI for and why I would rather keep my agency than use AI agents. Check out Canadian Wearable Object on our web page at https://tribe.caIt's my artist statement about Canada's relationship with AmericaTRIBE – Custom Made Jewelry and Art – Product of Canada Send an email to alexd@cannabisgoldsmith.com to get on our mailing list or to order custom jewelry products from TRIBE. Note that we no longer sell to the

In today's episode Farheen covers the massive Doha Jewellery and Watches Exhibition featuring top brands and model Nour Arida, local animal rescue efforts at Mall of Qatar for World Animal Day, and new drone flight regulations in Qatar. She also dives into free 3D space documentaries at Katara, art exhibitions at the Museum of Islamic Art, Prime Minister comments, and a cute surprise guest at Al-Arabi's training session.

This week, we’re going behind the scenes of one of CJ’s favourite brand identity projects to date: the complete rebrand of Mike Lane.Mike has spent the last 10 years building an incredible business creating highly detailed modifications for scale models inspired by films like Back to the Future, Batman, Jaws, Terminator and Fast & Furious. But after a decade of growth, the brand had outgrown the handwritten signature logo Mike had created himself.The challenge was to take something incredibly

Today we welcome Viktor Sobra and Legare Sinkler, founders of the Italian based Sotokler Studio. Viktor and Legare are old friends from university, who discovered a mutual love for design, craftsmanship, and the thrill of the hunt. After many years of helping friends and family source antiques from across Europe, they began a business that finds beautiful and unique vintage pieces from near and far  for their clients. In addition they have established relationships with an impressive collection of

The people spoke, the YouTube numbers came in, and cabinets get a sequel. This time TJ shares his screen and walks through the terminology you'll actually hear in a showroom, from five piece versus slab drawer fronts to raised versus flat panels to why your top drawer might need to be a different style than the ones below it. He gets into which accessories are worth it, why paying the cabinet manufacturer for a knife block is a sucker's move, and a full soapbox on rollout shelves that he genuinely

Junior product designers know what it is like. To get a job you need experience; and to get experience, you need a job. How do you break free of this annoying circle? The internet is full of generic suggestions that do not really get you anywhere. Luckily, there's a better way.In this episode of The Design Table Podcast, Tyler and Nick tackle the experience-job circle mentioned above. They skip the tired advice of redesigning a famous website and focus on what gets you real clients, real

In today’s episode, Rama covers key global and local headlines on Lovin Bahrain as Bahrain International Airport introduces dedicated cup-holder trays for security screening, allowing travelers to take open coffee, tea, and water straight through to their gate. Meanwhile, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa sent official cables of congratulations to King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following Saudi Arabia’s historic

Dagens session i calypso-takt: switchboarden föddes, lärde sig disciplinen och flög operatören hem.A calypso for the day the switchboard came alive — spoken session creation, five-second hops, the trust-the-ack discipline, and a newborn session named “restaurants” that answered its first dinner call. LYRICS (Verse 1) Well the mornin’ come easy, I pick up the phone, Say “Switchboard, take me to a room of my own,” A voice answer back with a fresh clean mind, No memory of yesterday, just glad to be

When it comes to product categories, sometimes two is better than one. Just ask my guest Amy Frazer of Keller Design Co. She is something of a renaissance woman: While embroidery seems her primary passion, as evidenced by the release of her gorgeous Birth Flower Embroidery book published by Quarto Group last year, stationery is not far behind! These days, Amy smartly transfers any design onto several categories of SKUs. In the grips of this analog moment we find ourselves in, Amy has an inherent

Your team is your biggest competitive advantage. Brian sits down with leading industry expert Seth Ewing, PHTA Senior Director, Member Programs and Services, to discuss practical, field-tested strategies for overcoming labor shortages. Discover how to create clear career pathways, modernize your hiring process, retain top talent through shoulder seasons, and build a positive culture that drives long-term success.

Lance Winters has one of the stranger paths to becoming a master distiller: nuclear engineering, the Navy, brewing, and eventually showing up at St. George Spirits with a bottle of homemade whiskey.Three decades later, Lance has helped shape St. George into one of America’s most influential craft distilleries. In this episode, Lance and Eli discuss St. George’s early days as one of the first American craft distilleries; what it means to create something new in established spirits categories; and

In a live edition of the show—recorded at the Four Hands flagship in Austin, Texas—designers Evan Millard, Melissa Oholendt and Audrey Scheck share advice on attracting more qualified leads, investing in photography, understanding profit margins and more. At the end, they fielded live questions from the audience on topics ranging from color trends to tech stacks.This episode was sponsored by Four Hands.LINKSEvan MillardMelissa OholendtAudrey ScheckKaitlin PetersenBusiness of Home

We’re continuing our run of bonus episodes ahead of Season 6 with the return of designer Elizabeth Lawrence, partner at Williams Lawrence and longtime collaborator of the legendary Bunny Williams.Since Elizabeth last joined Ariel on Talk Shop, she and Bunny have reached a major new milestone together: the release of their new book, Decoration, out now from Rizzoli. Bringing together nearly a decade of work, the book goes beyond a traditional project-by-project design monograph to explore how we

This week Dan and Nik sit down with Steve Rathje, a new HCII colleague who runs CMU's Psychology of Technology Lab, to talk about what sycophantic AI does to the people using it. Steve's team randomly assigned people to chat with bots that were flattering, disagreeable, or neutral. People liked the flatterers, shrugged at the neutral ones, and hated the bots that pushed back. For designers, the news is mixed. Validation drives enjoyment, but cherry-picked facts do the persuading, so pairing a little

Corey Squire and Amy Donohue join Evan Troxel and Candace Kitchen to talk about how Bora Architecture & Interiors turned sustainability from a rotating champion's cause into a named, firm-wide default: climate, health, and equity. They dig into the "Bora Perfect Project," why window wall ratio and orientation matter more than any energy model, why mass timber is the firm's starting assumption rather than an exception, and the moment a young intern spoke up in a leadership meeting to stop a

お便りはこちらから↓⁡https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScA61AFDfaPc6JbYyaFJtNkDibujA3VMi7Bsgk89PxhayvEhQ/viewform?usp=sf_link ⁡＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿⁡喫茶ナヌク HP https://nanuk.shopinfo.jp/ instagram instagram.com/nanuk.hida/ ⁡イラストレーターOK PAPERSinstagram instagram.com/okpapers

What separates useful design research from simply asking people what they want? In this episode of Designing in the Wild, Rob sits down with longtime friend and colleague Jill Bohaboy, owner of Trek Solutions, to explore the craft of consumer and design research, and how better observation, better questions, and a willingness to explore can uncover needs people may not be able to articulate themselves. Jill brings years of experience conducting research across an enormous range of industries ...

Matthew Boone joins Dan Ryan to break down what it actually takes to turn a hospitality project from blueprint to guest ready. They dig into the tension between design vision and hard budget numbers, why cost estimating works so differently around the world, and the on the job lessons that shaped how he leads projects today.Matthew Boone is head of hospitality at Rider Levett Bucknall  (RLB), bringing 20+ years of architecture, construction and project management experience to some of the